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Saturday, January 28, 2017

Anybody starting to write a book about almost any aspect of the Siege of Petersburg would do well to start by looking at Brett Schulte's www.beyondthecrater.com. This wonderful website puts many, many resources at one's fingertips. It contains Official Records, newspapers, battle summaries, unit histories, maps, unpublished materials, Battles & Leaders, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States war papers, National Tribune, Military Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, Southern Historical Society Papers, Confederate Veteran, other postwar publications, and orders of battle. A stop at The Siege of Petersburg Online (another name for the website) will really get you started. Congratulations Brett!

Saturday, January 21, 2017

My wife and I had a pleasant time at the Orange County (California) Civil War Round Table last Tuesday night, January 17. I talked about the fight between around 600 men from Weisiger's Virginia Brigade and about 150 men from Colquitt's Georgia Brigade against approximately 1,120 men from White's division of IX Corps. The fight took place on August 19, 1864, off by itself on the eastern side of the Globe Tavern battlefield. A participant called it "The No Name Battle." David Zieve, a college classmate I had not seen in 45 years showed up for the meeting.

Saturday, January 7, 2017

I took pictures of most of the exhibits at the Civil War Naval Museum December 23. To see them, click here. Then click on any of the pictures for a full screen view. My favorite was the picture of CSS Jackson, a rare photo of a Confederate ironclad in Confederate service.

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About Me

A native of Illinois, John Horn received a B.A. in English and Latin from New College (Sarasota, Florida) in 1973 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1976. He has practiced law in the Chicago area since graduation, occasionally holding local public office, and living in Oak Forest with his wife and law partner, H. Elizabeth Kelley, a native of Richmond, Virginia. They have three children. He and his wife travel to the Old Dominion each year to visit relatives, battlefields, and various archives. He has published articles in Civil War Times, Illustrated and America's Civil War, and his books include The Destruction of the Weldon Railroad and The Petersburg Campaign. With Hampton Newsome (author of Richmond Must Fall) and Dr. John G. Selby (author of Virginians at War), Horn co-edited Civil War Talks: The Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard & His Fellow Veterans.